When: Saturday 12 October, 12:00 – 2:00pm
Come and spend time with Sonya Rankine of Lakun Mara in a weaving workshop to learn traditional Ngarrindjeri and Ngadjuri weaving techniques.
Be part of a cultural immersion experience and join the Lakun Mara weaving circle to create your own small basket or mat using natural fibres!
Sonya Rankine is a proud Ngarrindjeri, Narungga, Ngadjuri, and Wirangu woman and business owner of Lakun Mara. Sonya will share with you the rich cultural tradition of weaving and the importance of weaving for Ngarrindjeri and Ngadjuri First Nation people of South Australia. Weaving for Sonya is more than just art, it is the important practice of cultural revival and maintenance.
Sonya will also share examples of other basket weaving techniques she has incorporated into her art practice to create contemporary pieces that blend the cultural tradition of weaving.
Sonya is an award-winning artist who received the 2019 OUR MOB Don Dunstan Emerging Artist prize, 2021 NAIDOC SA Artist of the Year and exhibiting artist of the 2021 & 2023 Tarnanthi Art Exhibition, Art Gallery of SA.
Sonya is one of the exhibiting artists of Fabrik’s current exhibtion, All Things Are Connected.
All skill levels and ages are welcome. Each participant must have their own ticket, children must be accompanied by an adult with their own ticket.
This workshop will take place in the sunny Upper Workspace in Fabrik’s Blanket Building, accessible via both stairs or a lift.
On arrival please make your way to our new Main Entry Pavilion, where we will greet and direct you to the Upper Workspace.
Any questions at all, please contact Rene` via email at fabrik@ahc.sa.gov.au
